1255 Sherman Avenue Menlo Park CA 94025 June 9, 2025 Dear Menlo Park City Council: We are writing in support of maintaining the partial closure of the 600 block of Santa Cruz Avenue. We are aware of the loss of parking and the inconvenience to vehicular traffic of the current configuration....
Dear Menlo Park City Council, I am writing to express my support in keeping the 600 block of Santa Cruz avenue as-is. That is, with a bike lane and closed on one side, and one-way traffic on the other. Best, Madeline Jhawar 440 Gilbert Ave, Menlo Park
Dear Mayor Combs and City Council members, I urge you to vote to keep the 600 block on Santa Cruz Avenue as it is: closed to through traffic heading east. Ali Elsafy, owner of Bistro Vida, has done more to enhance Santa Cruz Avenue than anyone else, and has exciting plans to do even more for th...
I support Option #2 . Open the street for parking. Thank you. Lorri McCarthy Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
Dear Council, With this topic on the agenda for Tuesday, I’d like to reiterate my support for keeping the 600 block downtown as it is—closed on one side with a bike lane, and one-way on the other. Pedestrian-friendly spaces have played a key role in revitalizing downtowns across the country. T...
Dear Mayor Combs and City Council members: I currently serve on the Menlo Park Library Commission; however, I am now writing to offer comments for your consideration in my individual capacity as a resident of Menlo Park for over 25 years. My comments are not made as a representative of the Lib...
Sunday June 8, I spent the afternoon volunteering at the Save Downtown Parking booth, collecting many more enthusiastic signatures. Each council member should sit quietly at our booth and JUST LISTEN. Here is what you would have heard today: "The whole idea is a Disaster!", "I dont live in Menl...
Dear Council members, I am thinking about the comment from a Menlo Park voter about what the apartments will actually be like: 1) looking out my new apartment window to the west I see a 5 to 8 story parking ramp. 2) looking South, North and East I see black top roofs with Air Conditioners, 3) I...
You wrote a very good article on bike safety citing a lot of good common sense from Sgt. Metzer of Atherton PD. It would be nice if Chief Norris of Menlo Park did something about the crazy cyclists and numerous violations in Menlo Park: specifically along Santa Cruz Ave and within the citys jurisdi...
Council Members: Todays Daily Post article about Santa Cruz Avenue quotes a gentleman urging you to keep the street closed because, "... it has become a gathering spot on weekday afternoons and weekends for teenagers and younger to gather." I understand that kids like to hang out downtown. They pa...
